Medical Student Rotations

Medical Student Rotations

Orthopaedic Surgery Elective Rotations at the University of Virginia
are available to interested third and fourth year medical
students. Third year medical students are assigned to one
sub-specialty service for the duration of the 2 weeks that you rotate
with us while the typical 4 week fourth year rotation is divided
into 2 week blocks on two of our subspecialty services (list
below). Requests to rotate on a specific
subspecialty or with a specific faculty member will be considered, but
not all requests may be possible. Further details about
the ACE
- Adult Orthopaedics rotation may be found in the
University of Virginia School of Medicine Handbook.

Students rotating on Orthopaedic Surgery will receive an email from
Mindy Franke prior to the start of the rotation with details about
the rotation including the assigned subspecialty service and
the housestaff on that service. Students should contact
the listed housestaff to obtain more information about where and
when to meet as well as the student's
expectations. Rotations start on Monday morning, and
if not instructed otherwise, students should report to the 1st Floor of
the University Hospital Moss Auditorium at 6:15AM for Fracture
Conference.

Students will be expected to participate in clinics,
surgeries, didactics, rounds, and call responsibilities during
their rotation. During a 4 week fourth year rotation,
students are expected take overnight call with the residents one
Friday/Sunday combination and one Saturday, and then 2 other nights
during the month. Please work together with the other rotation
students to make up a schedule and then forward it to Mindy
Franke.

The University of Virginia Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
adheres to ALL
DUTY HOUR RESTRICTIONS as defined by the University of Virginia School of Medicine Curriculum
Committee. Please note that medical students who rotate on
Orthopaedic Surgery must abide by these duty hour
restrictions. Faculty and residents may not be
aware of the student call schedule and thus it is the
student's responsibility to ensure that they meet the guidelines
as defined by the University policy. If at any time you
feel pressured to violate this policy, please notify Dr. Chhabra, Dr.
Dacus, Dr. Gwathmey, or Mindy Franke so we can address the
situation immediately.

A helpful website for interpreting musculoskeletal
radiographs is linked here.